The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.

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A PUBLICATION BY CAPITOL HILL UNITED NEIGHBORHOODS INC.
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1976
PLANNING BEGINS FOR COMMUNITY CENTER
By Michael Henry
After what seemed to the participants
like hundreds of meetings in late
1974 and throughout 1975, Denver's
Council District 10 is now assured
of a community center.  Citizen committees, the Mayor's Advisory Council
(created just for the purpose of
advising on the distribution of CDA
funds), the City Council, the Denver
Planning Office, the Mayor and HUD
all had a hand in determining how
the $15 million to be allocated to
Denver for each of the next few years
under the federal Community Development Act should be used.  It has been
decided that most of the funds for
the first two years for District 10
(encompassing the Capitol Hill,
Cheesman Park, Congress Park and
Speer neighborhoods) will be used
for the acquisition and development
of one or more existing buildings for
a community center.
Despite the banner headline in
January's Life on Capitol Hill,
Emerson School Will Become Capitol
Hill Community Center," no decision
whatsoever has been made by any of
the interested groups as to a location for the center, even though
Emerson School, at 14th and Ogden,
has been unofficially favored by
many if agreement could be reached
with the Board of Education and the
federal court.  Both Ben Hitchens
and Gail Vila, who were appointed
respectively by Councilman Koch and
Councilwoman Donohue, as District
10's members of the Mayor's Advisory Committee, deserve the thanks
of the community for their great
efforts in representing the neighborhood and acquiring the funds for
the center.
Bill Pace is now coordinating
the planning of the center.  Committees have been established to study
site selection, the concept of a
community center, by-laws and constitution, and design of the center.
Pace may be contacted at 861-1442
(home or 534-4108 (office).
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